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Mexican Papaya Sister Smoothie

We recently went to Mexico to celebrate the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of our sister Vange and her husband, Howard. Vange knows how to enjoy life to the MAX . . . we mean to the SUPER POWER OF MAXIMUM! She literally milks the joy out of every second of life. Her favorite food is papaya and in Mexico with papaya everywhere, Vange felt like she was in seventh heaven. This recipe is found on page 494 of the Trim Healthy Table cookbook.

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We recently went to Mexico to celebrate the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of our sister Vange and her husband, Howard. Vange knows how to enjoy life to the MAX . . . we mean to the SUPER POWER OF MAXIMUM! She literally milks the joy out of every second of life. Her favorite food is papaya and in Mexico with papaya everywhere, Vange felt like she was in seventh heaven. This recipe is found on page 494 of the Trim Healthy Table cookbook.

Ingredients
  • 1 cup fresh papaya (fresh or frozen papaya; See Note below)
  • 1 tsp black papaya seeds (optional; but work up to more if you can as they kill parasites)
  • 1 cup low-fat homemade kefir
  • 1 lemon (juice of one lemon)
  • 1 doonk TH Pure Stevia Extract Powder (1-2 doonks; optional)
  • 1 Tbs TH Baobab Boost Powder (optional)
  • 1 Big Smile (Vange says it's not optional)
Instructions
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    Blend everything up smooth and gorgeous and pour into a beautiful cup.

Note

Intro continued..... It catapulted her jubilant expressive living to another realm. We were so entertained watching her enjoy Mexico with papayas everywhere, we didn’t need any other entertainment. If you can’t beat ’em you join ’em, right? We very much enjoy papayas, too, but Vange felt we were lacking enthusiasm. She took it upon herself to train us in properly celebrating them. She made us partake of them while oohing and aahing and heralding their gorgeous goodness. She made us drizzle fresh lemon or lime all over and even chew on their seeds and we had to have our best and hugest smiles on. She even packed us “to go” cups filled with papaya from the breakfast buffets and shoved them in our faces when we looked a little tired tearing around the back streets of Mexico in our rental van. This recipe is a tribute to our wild but wonderful, redheaded big sister, Vange.

Quick Health Highlights on Papaya:

  • The bright color gives a hint at its healthy powers. Papaya contains special phytonutrients, antioxidants, and digestive enzymes that have a remarkable effect both internally and externally. It is a gentle fruit on blood sugar so a wonderful Trim Healthy Mama E option. It is no wonder Christopher Columbus loved it so much he called it the “fruit of the angels.” P.S. Try to find Mexican papayas and not the varieties from Hawaii. Mexican papayas are non GMO, and the Hawaiian variety sadly are contaminated with genetically modified strains.

NOTE: If you can’t find papaya, then we like cantaloupe as a substitute. But it is our little secret and we won’t tell Vange!

Be sure to check out the "Kefir" Page in the FAQ Area for updated guidelines on kefir!!

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